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Fonts similar to Playfair Display SC

The fonts most like Playfair Display SC are Bacasime Antique (84 out of 100), Baskervville (83) and Gilda Display (78), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–54% of the em (Playfair Display SC’s is 61%) and lowercase letters 41–55% of the em wide (62%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, all twelve are narrower.

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  1. 84match · #1

    Bacasime Antique

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    x-height 32% shorter · 30% narrower · 30% heavier

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  2. 83match · #2

    Baskervville

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    x-height 28% shorter · 20% narrower · 30% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 7 and 2

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  3. 78match · #3

    Gilda Display

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    x-height 22% shorter · 19% narrower · 21% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in J, 3, and 6

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  4. 77match · #4

    Bentham

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    x-height 37% shorter · 23% narrower · 39% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 7, 2, and 8

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  5. 76match · #5

    Gambarino

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    48% heavier · 22% narrower · x-height 13% shorter

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 7, 3, and 2

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  6. 76match · #6

    Baskervville SC

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    x-height 28% shorter · 20% narrower · 30% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 8, 4, and 6

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  7. 75match · #7

    Libre Caslon Display

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    34% narrower · x-height 30% shorter · 23% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 7, 1, and 5

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  8. 73match · #8

    Castoro

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    70% heavier · x-height 22% shorter · 18% narrower

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 5, 7, and 3

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  9. 73match · #9

    Noto Serif Display

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    more stroke contrast · 12% narrower · x-height 12% shorter

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in 3, 4, and 7

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  10. 73match · #10

    Boska

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    26% narrower · x-height 20% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in I, 7, and H

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  11. 71match · #11

    CMU Serif

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    x-height 29% shorter · 22% narrower · 24% heavier

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in J, 3, and 2

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  12. 71match · #12

    Cormorant Upright

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    x-height 35% shorter · 32% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Playfair Display SC in O, 6, and Q

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The 100 fonts like Playfair Display SC, measured

Playfair Display SC has a taller x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 98 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 1 a taller one. Few keep Playfair Display SC’s proportions: at most 4 keep its width, within 3%, Sprat the closest of them. 97 are serifs like Playfair Display SC, and 3 display faces come close too, Elsie the closest of them. They part from Playfair Display SC most often in 7 (45 of the 100), 3 (36) and 5 (33).

Questions about fonts like Playfair Display SC

What is the closest font to Playfair Display SC?

Bacasime Antique, at 84 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Playfair Display SC, it is 30% narrower and 30% heavier, with an x-height 32% shorter. After it come Baskervville (83) and Gilda Display (78).

Is there a free alternative to Playfair Display SC?

Playfair Display SC is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Bacasime Antique, Baskervville and Gilda Display come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Cinzel sets running text 1.1% wider, with an x-height 1.3% shorter.